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cJcross the bridge, one Opnstmas d 

Wo sped from out tpe somb iwn, 

O er |?ills and valleys far away 

Where fields were bare anc; md brown 

($fy\)e wide free space, the azure dome. 

With golden arrows raining down. 
Impelled us far and long !o roam. 

Qi'O seek; for mosses areen and brown; 
Por lichens rare beyond compare 

Unci mosses green and brown. 



Wc wandered on 

We found dun and gray 

In man Jowy no 

ose bare fi seda< 

Una graceful is of softest sn 

lae 
Wbiob babbled 
Wf mosses green, now all unseen 
Deneatb t be pearly snow. 



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(ij>ben found we in i 'red pic 

(ZckV obristmas morn, a '. still. 

Ond mirrored in its placid fa 

»e slopin and tree and i 

e Qutumn ide 

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On ! we micic wander far an 

Qnd see n oned L< air 

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[\are moss and 



Hai ! b\ \\)& lake a cottage sto 

Where sought we rest \\)o stmas-da 

olose by r?adow of the wood, — 

While all the scene kept holiday. 
(iphen. said we, in 1 be dreariest time 

When ail seems bleak and sere and 
(dcod s aoodness with our needs beeps 

Us winter blossoms j »e mold, 

Ws mosses fain and lichens rare 

Prom ou1 Decembers cold. 






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